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Ambient Weather and Ecowitt and other Fine Offset clones / Re: WS3910 Connection reset by peer
« Last post by broadstairs on Today at 10:30:54 AM »Spoke too soon, happened twice today.
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What Weather Station Should I Buy? / Re: What to choose for my outdoor "main" sensor ? (Ecowitt)
« Last post by R.Sidetrack on Today at 10:25:24 AM »How do they compare in precision and reliability compared to the other options ? (WH90, Y shaped array and I shaped array)
The reality is that, in my opinion
the accuracy of all of them are "close enough". There are ongoing
threads here about accuracy of various measuring schemes, but does the final 2% really matter? If today's rain is 1.85 inches vs 1.89 inches or 1.82 inches, so what? The rain 100 yards away from your sensor could easily vary more than that anyway!Read this thread to get an idea of measuring at the margins:
https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=48725.msg490996;topicseen#new23
Other Weather Station Hardware / Re: Thoughts on Building an Automated, Electronic, Non-Tipping Rain Gauge
« Last post by davidmc36 on Today at 10:23:02 AM ».....The within-day and within-event rainfall time profiles are interesting certainly, but probably a lower priority for most users.
I would be on the fence......max rate during big events would be a shame to miss.
I could see the orifice size landing on a compromise between ability to flow heavy downpours past the sensor yet holding small rain amounts long enough to form a drop.
Here's a dumb idea.
Employ a "tipper" before the orifice. In light rain, it catches all the water and dumps periodically into the "Orifice Chamber". No worry about small amounts bleeding past the orifice without forming a drop.
In heavy rain events, the pauses between series of drops can still be measured to indicate rate.
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Custom Website Templates / Re: Missing rain totals
« Last post by kplew on Today at 09:53:49 AM »It's seems to be fixed. The only thing I did was open View>Trends.
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What Weather Station Should I Buy? / Re: What to choose for my outdoor "main" sensor ? (Ecowitt)
« Last post by rrajarajan on Today at 09:42:10 AM »Following good advice given by @R.Sidetrack, I went with a WS80 (in the mail), WH40H and a GW3000
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What Weather Station Should I Buy? / Re: What to choose for my outdoor "main" sensor ? (Ecowitt)
« Last post by broadstairs on Today at 09:01:42 AM »I went for a WS80 and WH40 with my gateway back in 2022 replacing a failed 18 year old Davis VP1 and don't regret it. Seeing the rain issues with the WS90 or WS85 I'd go with the WS80.
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What Weather Station Should I Buy? / Re: What to choose for my outdoor "main" sensor ? (Ecowitt)
« Last post by ecohadk on Today at 08:39:03 AM »My suggestion is "separate" sensors. That way you can put each one in an appropriate location, instead of a compromise all-in-one location. Separate sensors also makes it simple to troubleshoot & swap in a replacement if there is a problem.
Ecowitt offers a variety of options, but a WH40 for rain, and a WH68 for wind+solar would be one option.
thank you! I've thought about those for the exact reason you mention. How do they compare in precision and reliability compared to the other options ? (WH90, Y shaped array and I shaped array)
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Other Weather Station Hardware / Re: Thoughts on Building an Automated, Electronic, Non-Tipping Rain Gauge
« Last post by johnd on Today at 08:14:12 AM »The problem I see with drop counters is the limitation on measuring intense rainfall events - which is probably something a lot of people would be interested in.
I see drop counters as providing more accurate total rainfall counts. Ah, the trade-offs!
Yes, the eternal problem for rain gauges - how do you design a gauge that is accurate for both light drizzle and intense downpours; that maintains accuracy long-term with only minimal maintenance; is self-emptying; and that (for most non-wired eg hobbyist applications) requires only an absolutely minimal amount of power to sense rainfall.
Actually, I suspect that the priority requirement for most serious users is an accurate measure of total daily rainfall. The within-day and within-event rainfall time profiles are interesting certainly, but probably a lower priority for most users.
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What Weather Station Should I Buy? / Re: What to choose for my outdoor "main" sensor ? (Ecowitt)
« Last post by R.Sidetrack on Today at 08:06:47 AM »My suggestion is "separate" sensors. That way you can put each one in an appropriate location, instead of a compromise all-in-one location. Separate sensors also makes it simple to troubleshoot & swap in a replacement if there is a problem.
Ecowitt offers a variety of options, but a WH40 for rain, and a WH68 for wind+solar would be one option.
Ecowitt offers a variety of options, but a WH40 for rain, and a WH68 for wind+solar would be one option.
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What Weather Station Should I Buy? / What to choose for my outdoor "main" sensor ? (Ecowitt)
« Last post by ecohadk on Today at 07:47:46 AM »Currently I'm using a GW1000 with a few WH31's for both outdoor and indoor use. Its working very nicely, but i would love to have an outdoor sensor array too. My father in law uses the "Y-shaped" sensor array, also ecowitt.
If i look it seems that it has been replaced by a "I-shaped" sensor array instead, where the wind speed is placed underneath wind direction. What is the best of those two types?
And then theres the "new kid on the block", the WS90 - Is this as precise as thate other, Y and I shaped arrays?
If i look it seems that it has been replaced by a "I-shaped" sensor array instead, where the wind speed is placed underneath wind direction. What is the best of those two types?
And then theres the "new kid on the block", the WS90 - Is this as precise as thate other, Y and I shaped arrays?